Pay Attention to Package Sizes When Grocery Shopping

By

bullfrogcorner

Breyer's Ice Cream is in a smaller package but costs more.

By

moravice

I just noticed yesterday when I purchased a widely advertised margarine that comes in 2 8 oz. cups that the cups are now 7.5 oz. each. In fact the manufacturer used the same cardboard sleeve which had 16 oz. printed on it and pasted a sticker showing 15 oz. I think I'll give them a call. We consumers were not born yesterday. And the price is not lower--in fact it is higher.

By Christine IN (Guest Post)

I also noticed that some salad dressings have gone from the squirt type hole to no hole. My theory is use more = spend more.

By

Beth

I'll never forget Morningstar Farms advertising 1/3 less fat per serving in their vegetable breakfast sausages. Well the serving size went from 3 links to 2! This sort of sneaky thing goes on everywhere. Does anybody else out there remember when a bag of potato chips was a whole pound and coffee came in one pound cans?

By Sharon (Guest Post)

I agree...I recently noticed, Reynolds Aluminum Foil, now has 20 square feet on the roll, previously it had 25 square feet on the roll!